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Information: British Columbia (BC) is Canada's westernmost province and Canada's gateway to the Pacific and Asia. British Columbia extends about 1,300 kilometres north to south. The average width, from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the province of Alberta on the east, is about 640 kilometres. Bounded by the Yukon and Northwest Territories on the north, the panhandle of Alaska forms about half of British Columbia's western boundary. On the east B.C. is bordered by the province of Alberta, and to the south the US states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. This page was last updated on October 8th, 2008